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Simon Rosenberg
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1/Latest European results has Liberals, Conservatives and Socialists at 58%. They got 63% in 2014.. Far right up fr 21% to 23%. Centrist, pro EU Liberals big winner tonight, followed by the Greens. More here in this thread:
2/Balance in Europe btn pro-EU/far right hasn't changed much, but what has changed is weakening of traditional L/R right parties at expense of rising Liberals, Greens. New landscape, new voices but at this point IMHO too early to read this as a weakening of the European project.
3/Agree with this take from @anneapplebaum:
4/And this one from @JeremyCliffe: .
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1/There is no possible version of our democracy which would allow Trump to invoke fake emergencies to impose tariffs on neighbors and allies to achieve a non-economic outcome.

Biden is right to make Trump's reckless tariffs central to his attack now.

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2/And on the issue of Trump's repeated evocation of national emergencies - unemployment at post war peace time low; stock market near all time high, 10x 1989 numbers; uninsured near all time low; crime way down in US.

Where the f is the emergency?
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Simon Rosenberg
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1/There's no version of our democracy that would allow the President to make up fake emergencies to capriciously slap tariffs against our closest allies, most imp trading partners. It's an outrageous abuse of power, and Congress must step in. My latest: ndn.org/blog/2019/05/t…
2/The tariff fiasco is also a reminder why impeachment is inevitable - there is danger and cost to allowing Trump to stay in office. He is doing things which are materially harming our economy, national interests. Another 18 months of his Presidency could lasting harm to US.
3/When Trump attacked the ACA people rallied behind it, making it much more popular. Evidence same is happening to liberal global order here in US, Europe. Liberals gained most ground in Europe/UK, pro-trade sentiment soaring here w/Dems.
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Simon Rosenberg
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1/In last week Trump has aggressively intervened in domestic UK and Israeli politics for causes, leaders sympathetic to him/global illiberal project. Affirmation that he sees these actions, their intervention in our politics on his behalf, as OK, a new norm. It's so dangerous.
2/His aggressive support for Brexit, for Bibi, raises legitimate questions about where Trump's loyalties lie. Is to the US, or to the illiberal far right global movement he and Putin lead together? No possible justification for US President to support Brexit, or campaign for it.
3/Trumpism is evoking a response in Europe and US. Two parties who gained the most - Liberals, Greens - can be seen as direct counters to RW/illiberalism. Center-right/far right lost seats in EP. In UK Leave declining, Liberals, Greens rising. ndn.org/blog/2019/05/e…
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THREAD..

..on the biggest and baddest lobbyists in EU town

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I often agree with @EuroBriefing as I think he & colleagues offer some of the best insights on European politics. But the below is just unthinkable. Were the UK to unilaterally revoke Art.50, I'd bet a case would be put before the ECJ to stop this from happening.
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So now we have combat ready armored vehicles with the EU flag which are being used against unarmed European protesters who are demonstrating against a pro EU authoritarian regime.

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